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6G

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Start of A New Wireless Revolution

Halim Yanikomeroglu

Chancellor’s Professor

Director, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) Lab

Systems and Computer Engineering

Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

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Special thanks to Dr. Neeraj Mittal (DoT) | Dr. Mallik Tatipamula (Ericsson) | Bharat 6G Alliance

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What is New in 6G Discussions?

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NTN

Non-Terrestrial Networks

direct-to-device (D2D)

dual-mode 🡪 triple-mode

What is New in 6G Discussions?

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1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

mobile | connectivity

The Wireless Revolution

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REALITY:

September 8, 2023

Toronto 🡪 Ottawa

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6G, 7G, …

1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

mobile | connectivity

ubiquitous | hyper-connectivity

1R

The 2nd Wireless Revolution: D2D = Triple-Mode

2R

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Samsung

NTN: Satellite communications for rural & remote in 6G era

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Samsung

NTN: Satellite communications for rural & remote in 6G era

more than LEOs

more than rural & remote

more than connectivity

all integrated

6G+

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HAPS: High Altitude Platform Station 🡪 HIBS

HAPS: “A station on an object at an altitude of 20 to 50 km and at a specified, nominal,

fixed point relative to the Earth“ (ITU Radio Regulations, Article 1.66A).

Zephry (Airbus)

Stratobus (Thales)

Loon (Alphabet)

HIBS: HAPS as an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) Base Station

HIBS altitude: 18-25 km (WRC-23)

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HAPS: A New Network Layer in Stratosphere (Near Space)

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Terrestrial BSs + HAPS BSs in Urban/Suburban Areas

Connectivity

Edge

Data centre

Resilient | sustainable

Surveillance | monitoring

Sensing

Localization | positioning | navigation

-- and more

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100s or 1000s of dynamic spot beams from stratosphere (20 km):

Tbps of capacity whenever needed, wherever needed (no waste)

HAPS Key Features:

  1. Large surface area
  2. Heavy payload
  3. Bird’s eye LOS view of a large area

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Shared (not wasted) resources

  • Antennas
  • Electronics / photonics
  • RIS
  • Edge intelligence
  • Computing
  • Storage
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One-shot operations

  • Hand-off (CA-V, CA-UAV)
  • Navigation / positioning / localization
  • Federated learning
  • Digital twins
  • Surveillance, …

HAPS

Constellations

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HAPS Key Features:

  1. Large surface area
  2. Heavy payload
  3. Bird’s eye LOS view of a large area

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Shared (not wasted) resources

  • Antennas
  • Electronics / photonics
  • RIS
  • Edge intelligence
  • Computing
  • Storage
  • …

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One-shot operations

  • Hand-off (CA-V, CA-UAV)
  • Navigation / positioning / localization
  • Federated learning
  • Digital twins
  • Surveillance, …

HAPS

Constellations

Green & Sustainable

Architecture | Infrastructure

100s or 1000s of dynamic spot beams from stratosphere (20 km):

Tbps of capacity whenever needed, wherever needed (no waste)

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NTN for Hyper-Connected Canada

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  • Entire Canada

10M km² of land + 18M km² airspace + millions km² of offshore

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  • Unprecedented potentials in densely populated metro (urban and suburban) areas

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  • Beyond connectivity; also for computing, edge (AI), sensing, ISR, navigation, positioning, localization, and more

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NTN for Hyper-Connected Canada

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  • Entire Canada

10M km² of land + 18M km² airspace + millions km² of offshore

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  • Unprecedented potentials in densely populated metro (urban and suburban) areas

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  • Beyond connectivity; also for computing, edge (AI), sensing, ISR, navigation, positioning, localization, and more

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🡪 Multi trillion dollar business

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Major Opportunities lie in NTN

$0.5T

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